词族 · rein
中文词源
rein 缰绳，控制，主宰
来自（缩写自）拉丁语 retinere,维持，控制，词源同 retain.引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- rein
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rein: [13] A rein is etymologically something that ‘retains’. It goes back via Old French rene to Vulgar Latin *retina, a descendant of the Latin verb retinēre ‘hold back’, from which English gets retain and retinue. The rein for horses has no connection with the rein- of reindeer [14], incidentally; that comes from Old Norse hreinn ‘reindeer’, which may be of Lappish origin.
=> retain, retinue - rein (n.)
- c. 1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.
- rein (v.)
- c. 1300, from rein (n.). Figurative extension "put a check on" first recorded 1580s. Related: Reined; reining. To rein up "halt" (1550s) is from the way to make a horse stop by pulling up on the reins.
权威例句
- 1. The government would try to rein back inflation.
- 政府将努力控制通货膨胀。
- 2. The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.
- 只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应.
- 3. Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views.
- 她的父母观念狭隘而僵化，对她管束很严。
- 4. The government continued to believe it should give free rein to the private sector in transport.
- 政府仍然认为应该给予交通领域的私营企业以经营自由。
- 5. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.
- 玛丽惯坏了她的两个孩子，想要管束他们的时候已经来不及了。